Paper file and binder.



No. 732,192. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903. M. D. KENYON.

PAPER FILE AND BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PAPER FILE AND BINDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 732,192, dated June 30,1903.

Application filed F bruary 1 1903- Serial No. 145,512..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns DIBBLE KENYON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Files and Binders;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to paper files and binders and contemplates theproduction of an improved appliance of this character possessing extremesimplicity of construction, enabling its manufacture at a very low costcompared with files and binders of analogous types, and which inpractice is capable of being manipulated to bind papers uniformlyin anexpeditious manner.

Other advantages possessed by my improved appliance are set forth in thefollowing description of the details of construction and operation, inconnection with which at tention is called to the accompanying drawings,illustrating the invention in its preferred form, it being understoodthat various modifications may be made therein without departing fromthe spirit of the invention defined by the concluding claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a paper file andbinder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, of the same. is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan Viewof the cover. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the needle.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A denotes a casing or box, whichmay be of cylindrical form, as shown, and B is a cover for the casing orbox provided with a depending flange b. While I have shown in connectionwith the casing or box a single needle for perforating and threading thepapers at one corner of the latter, it is within the scope of myinvention to provide more than one needle whereby to fasten the papersat more than one point, and I also contemplate, as will appear in theclaims, to mount the needle or needles on a support, not necessarily acasing or box, although I prefer to employ a (No model.)

receptacle, such as shown, for one or more balls or spools 0, dependentupon the number of needles employed. Obviously the easing or box whenemployed may be of any desired form, and it is preferable that thecasing or box be weighted or else secured to a rigid base-as, forinstance, a desk or table.

Secured to the cover to extend above the same is a cap D, having a fiattop d and a depending flange d, and preferably the cap is fastened tothe cover by tongues (1 d integral with the cap and bent to one sideafter entering slots in the cover. In the cap is an opening, at which isa sleeve 6, the latter receiving and confining the lower end of a needleF. The needle is split at its lower end and spread, as shown at f, tofrictionally engage the sleeve and prevent its accidental Withdrawal,and said lower end preferably bears against the top of the cover B. Theneedle has an eye f, receiving the thread or cord 0', which passesthrough holes 1) (1 respectively, provided in the cover and cap.

G H designate guides for alining the sheets whereby to produce a uniformbundle. Each guide consists, preferably, of a single piece of wire bentupon itself and having lower ends bent at a right angle. The ends g ofthe guide G occupy holes in the flange b of the cover and are confinedby a clamp 7; on the cover, while the ends it of the guide H occupyholes in the cap-flange d and a clamp j on the cap. Each guide isadjustable, as shown by the dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4, the adjustedpositions being maintained by the clamps, whereby the perforation andthreadingof the sheets may occur at any desired point. Obviously wheremore than one needle is employed an additional guide or guides may beemployed to insure the proper registering of the sheets.

In practice the sheets are held above the needle with two edges incontact with the guides, and pressure being applied the sheets areforced downwardly to cause the needle to perforate them, the needle-eyebeing previously threaded to cause the cord or'thread to extend throughand beyond the sheets, after which the cord or thread is severed and theends fastened together to bind the sheets against separation. It will benoted that the ICO guides extend beyond the height of the needle, sothat the sheets are brought into register previously to the impalingoperation.

It is the purpose of the invention to provide for an accumulation oforderly-arranged papers previously to the binding operation,

as in the case of all temporary binders, and

gaging an opening in the support.

3. A paper file and binder consisting of a support, a sleeve carried bythe support, a thread or cord carrying needle having a lower split endfrictionally engaging said sleeve,

and sheet-registering guides on the support.

4. A paper file and binder consisting of a support having an opening, asleeve at said opening, a thread or cord carrying needle having a lowersplit end frictionally engaging said sleeve, and a thread or cordopening in the support adjacent to said sleeve.

5. A paper file and binder consisting of a thread or cord receptacle, atop having a sleeve, a needle confined at its lower end in said sleeve,an opening in the top for the thread or cord, and adjustablesheet-registering guides carried by the receptacle-top and means formaintaining said adjustment.

6. A paper file and binder consisting of a thread or cord receptacle, acover therefor, a

cap on the cover having a sleeve, a needle.

confined at its lower end in said sleeve, and

adjustable guides carried by the cover and top.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MOSES DIBBLE KENYoN.

Witnesses:

D. W. CALLINAN, S. A. BARRON.

